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E-Discovery Update: Pushing Back Against Hardcopy ESI Productions

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:59:17 -0800

Conrad J. Jacoby addresses how critical technology issues related to document authenticity and document-associated metadata have left fewer lawyers willing to accept e-mail messages and other electronic documents in print format. He argues that litigants choosing to produce electronically stored information in hardcopy format should be prepared to provide more complete electronic copies of their production, even when it isn’t initially requested by opposing counsel.

Features - Refining the Standard: Authenticating Computer-Based Evidence

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 16:00:13 -0800

Refining the Standard: Authenticating Computer-Based Evidence

M. Sean Fosmire is a shareholder in the Michigan law firm of Garan Lucow Miller, P.C., based in the firm's Marquette office.

Features - Dennis Kennedy's Legal Technology Predictions for 2006: Small Steps for Most Firms, Giant Leaps for a Few Firms

Fri, 09 Jun 2006 23:16:04 -0800

Dennis Kennedy's Legal Technology Predictions for 2006: Small Steps for Most Firms, Giant Leaps for a Few Firms

By Dennis Kennedy

Dennis Kennedy is a well-known legal technology expert, technology lawyer and blogger. His blog and his web page are highly-regarded resources on technology law and legal technology topics. He is member of the ABA Law Practice Management Section's Council and Webzine Board.

Features - The Homesteader and the Gunslinger - Plaintiff's Counsel in Discovery

Wed, 15 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800

The Homesteader and the Gunslinger

Plaintiff's Counsel in Discovery

E-Discovery Update: My E-Discovery Holiday Wish List

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 08:10:48 -0800

Conrad J. Jacoby's holiday wish is for the legal community to finally develop one or more judicially accepted standards that can be used to craft consistent ways of requesting and producing information. With baseline procedures in place, both producing and requesting parties, as well as judges, will be able to make more informed decisions about the need for discovery and the way in which such discovery should be conducted.

Conrad Jacoby's E-Discovery Update: Minimizing E-Mail Archive Data Conversion Issues

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0800

According to Conrad J. Jacoby e-mail conversion is done without a second thought in many e-discovery projects, and the results are often satisfactory to both producing and requesting parties. However, each major e-mail archive architecture uses a fundamentally different method for storing information about e-mail messages, and sometimes some collateral damage will occur.